Louis Joseph Vance admitted that his novel was written with 'a single aim." That aim was "to compose a story susceptible to the adaptation to motion-pictures purposes."
Although lost, this historical serial has been reconstructed in book form using the original novel and existing action photo stills as part of the Serial Squadron Lost Serial Photonovel re-creations. It was published July 15, 2005.
Episode titles:
1. Flower of the Flames (1914)
2. White Water (1914)
3. The Sea Venture (1914)
4. Dead Reckoning (1914)
5. The Sunset Tide (1914)
6. The Crack o' Doom (1914)
7. Stalemate (1914)
8. The Mock Rose (1914)
9. As the Crow Flies (1914)
10. Steel Ribbons (1914)
11. The Painted Hills (1914)
12. The Mirage (1914)
13. The Jaws of Death (1914)
14. The First Law (1914)
15. The Last Trump (1914)
The release date for chapter 1 had been changed twice. The initially announced dates were July 28, 1914, then August 11th, before August 4th was settled on.
Chapters 1 and 15 were three reels, the rest were two reels.